Abstract
Reaction rates of electron attachment to atomic hydrogen are measured as a function of magnetic field. The reaction takes place in a two-dimensional mixture of hydrogen atoms and electrons on liquid helium surface. Surface electron density, measured by using vibrating capacitor electrometer technique, decreases when H atoms are introduced. Applied high magnetic field suppresses electron attachment, H + e− → H−, as well as hydrogen recombination, H + H → H2. Since the electronic state of negative hydrogen, H−, is spin singlet, electron attachment is suppressed by spin-polarization. Possible microscopic mechanisms to explain the measured magnetic field dependence of the reaction kinetics are discussed.
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